Older Persons Tenants' Service

Older Persons Tenants’ Service (OPTS) provides resources and information about older tenants’ rights and lobbies Government for a better deal for older tenants.

OPTS is now entirely funded by donations as the NSW Government ceased all funding to the service on 30 November 2013. Your support is vital to ensuring that we can continue operating. The NSW Government decided not to include a specialist older persons tenants’ initiative in the latest round of funding for the Tenants Advice and Advocacy Program (TAAP).

CPSA has been auspicing OPTS for 27 years and will retain this website as a resource for older tenants but is unfortunately no longer able to provide individual advocacy.

Older Persons Tenants' Service Evaluation Report (March 2013)

Save an older tenant from eviction

ROD Shearer has lived in his Newtown bedsit since the 1980s. He’s 80 years old and his landlord has tried to evict him three times since 2006 but he’s stood firm, in large part because of the assistance he’s received from OPTS.